The mediating role of coping styles in the relationship between personality traits and occupational well-being among nursing staff

作者：Fei Wang, Shirley Xin Li, Wenjie Liu, Yifei Li, Qing Jia, Jinyu Wang · 发表于：Frontiers in Public Health · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.3389/fpubh.2025.1642906 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、Personality Traits and Psychology、Resilience and Mental Health

Objective: This study aimed to quantify the mediating effects of positive and negative coping styles on the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and occupational well-being among nurses. The findings aim to provide a scientific basis for optimizing psychological health interventions for nurses. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, involving 9,578 nursing staff from over 50 hospitals of varying tiers in Lanzhou, China. Standardized scales-the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory-Brief (CBF-PI-B), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ), and Occupational Well-being Scale for Healthcare Workers-were administered. Mediation effects were tested using the Bootstrap method, with adjustments for covariates including gender, age, and department. Results: = -0.338). Coping styles played a pivotal mediating role: Neuroticism indirectly reduced well-being through negative coping strategies (e.g., problem avoidance), while conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness, and extraversion correlated with positive coping strategies (e.g., active problem-solving) and higher well-being. The mediating effect of positive coping was substantially larger, accounting for 23.69 to 31.93% of the total effects, whereas negative coping accounted for less than 5.69%. Conclusion: Personality traits indirectly affect occupational well-being via positive or negative coping strategies, with proactive coping serving as the critical pathway for well-being enhancement. This study ...